Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Laughing Corpse: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel by Laurell K. Hamilton

11 reviews

hellxriver's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Gore, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Sexual violence

starry2013's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual violence, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Child death

dano1392's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Gore, Murder, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, and Animal death

kerttuli's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Body horror, Ableism, Gore, Death, Blood, Murder, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Racism, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Cursing, Animal death, Kidnapping, and Rape

kloughlin's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Rape, Death of parent, and Animal death

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Moderate: Trafficking and Animal death

camfaz's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

2nd book in the Anita Blake series. I enjoyed this book because we get to learn a little bit more about what an animator is and the depth of Anita’s powers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence

pos1t1vel1fe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

unwise_samwise's review against another edition

adventurous dark

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Gun violence, and Violence

noellelovesbooks's review

3.0

 

Content Warnings: Violence, blood/gore, body horror, gun violence, animal death, sexual harassment, sexism, sexual assault, ableism, xenophobia, racism, insensitivity towards mental health, and stigmatization of sex work.
Mention of domestic abuse, toxic relationship, torture, and rape.

It’s been interesting re-reading this series, that I originally read as a teen, roughly 20 years later. When I first read the series I accidentally picked up Narcissus in Chains [which is book 10] not realizing it was part of a series and then upon finishing I started requesting the earlier books from the library to binge through and catch up.

When I first read through this series, beginning around the age of 14, I loved Anita and thought she was such a badass and a model of how to be cool. As an adult, I find Anita somewhat annoying, feels like she’s trying too hard to pull the whole “not like other girls.” Maybe it’s just me but it really feels like she’s in competition with everyone she meets like she always needs to be better [mentally, physically, and even morally] than everyone else…which gives me the ick.

The crime scenes and police work, aside from all the “one of the boys” or “let me show I’m better than this guy” stuff, are deeply fascinating and I imagine that LKH put in a lot of time researching and talking with different types of law enforcement to get these scenes to feel so incredibly real.

I’m going to keep reading through all the books to see the evolution of Anita as she starts realizing she’s being too judgy and needs to be more open-minded about the world she’s so deeply involved in. It has been interesting seeing all the characters she meets early in the series that I know still play a role throughout the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Violence, Animal death, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Torture

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal death, and Xenophobia